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Mmmm. If loyalty points car be used as an alternative to cash, perhaps it's time supermarkets put chip and pin on loyalty cards......or would that be too expensive for the poor dears..............

Mmmm. If loyalty points car be used as an alternative to cash, perhaps it's time supermarkets put chip and pin on loyalty cards......or would that be too expensive for the poor dears..............Ritchie_Hicks

why do so many people have this 'finders keepers' attitude? I always hand in anything I find and think people need to remember that when they find money it could be all a struggling family has for shopping etc, I save all my nectar and club card points up to help pay for xmas and it means my boys can get a bit more then with just the money I have I'd be gutted if this was me. I hope Sainsburys do the right thing and offer to put them back on as a gesture of good will, I know its not their responsibility but if it wasn't so easy to spend them it wouldn't have happened.

why do so many people have this 'finders keepers' attitude? I always hand in anything I find and think people need to remember that when they find money it could be all a struggling family has for shopping etc, I save all my nectar and club card points up to help pay for xmas and it means my boys can get a bit more then with just the money I have I'd be gutted if this was me. I hope Sainsburys do the right thing and offer to put them back on as a gesture of good will, I know its not their responsibility but if it wasn't so easy to spend them it wouldn't have happened.Sambo86

Sambo86 wrote:
why do so many people have this 'finders keepers' attitude? I always hand in anything I find and think people need to remember that when they find money it could be all a struggling family has for shopping etc, I save all my nectar and club card points up to help pay for xmas and it means my boys can get a bit more then with just the money I have I'd be gutted if this was me. I hope Sainsburys do the right thing and offer to put them back on as a gesture of good will, I know its not their responsibility but if it wasn't so easy to spend them it wouldn't have happened.

It is a difficult call and has happened to me twice.
I cannot see the CPS Prosecuting someone for a transgression such as this because it is a very grey area.
It is obtaining by deception via a pecuniary advantage one would agree.
I am rather heart warmed to hear of someone who would hand in monies that is found.
If I am honest I would struggle with that one depending on the amount!
In the 80's a friend of mine found thousands of pounds in an attaché case behind the Post Box outside John Gellers butchers.
He got a thank you letter from the owner and that was it.
Knowing the life he had and the struggle he has been through in 30 odd years, I would have said in hindsight he was better off taking the case and the money and trying to change his life for the better.
The value of that cash in today's money is somewhat akin to a large lottery
win.
Points on a loyalty card is an annoyance however it hardly warranted a photo in the paper with on mass local publicity.
For the record Sainsbury's no longer have control of NECTAR. It is not within their jurisdiction.
AVPG

[quote][p][bold]Sambo86[/bold] wrote:
why do so many people have this 'finders keepers' attitude? I always hand in anything I find and think people need to remember that when they find money it could be all a struggling family has for shopping etc, I save all my nectar and club card points up to help pay for xmas and it means my boys can get a bit more then with just the money I have I'd be gutted if this was me. I hope Sainsburys do the right thing and offer to put them back on as a gesture of good will, I know its not their responsibility but if it wasn't so easy to spend them it wouldn't have happened.[/p][/quote]It is a difficult call and has happened to me twice.
I cannot see the CPS Prosecuting someone for a transgression such as this because it is a very grey area.
It is obtaining by deception via a pecuniary advantage one would agree.
I am rather heart warmed to hear of someone who would hand in monies that is found.
If I am honest I would struggle with that one depending on the amount!
In the 80's a friend of mine found thousands of pounds in an attaché case behind the Post Box outside John Gellers butchers.
He got a thank you letter from the owner and that was it.
Knowing the life he had and the struggle he has been through in 30 odd years, I would have said in hindsight he was better off taking the case and the money and trying to change his life for the better.
The value of that cash in today's money is somewhat akin to a large lottery
win.
Points on a loyalty card is an annoyance however it hardly warranted a photo in the paper with on mass local publicity.
For the record Sainsbury's no longer have control of NECTAR. It is not within their jurisdiction.
AVPGA Very Private Gentleman

Sambo86 wrote:
why do so many people have this 'finders keepers' attitude? I always hand in anything I find and think people need to remember that when they find money it could be all a struggling family has for shopping etc, I save all my nectar and club card points up to help pay for xmas and it means my boys can get a bit more then with just the money I have I'd be gutted if this was me. I hope Sainsburys do the right thing and offer to put them back on as a gesture of good will, I know its not their responsibility but if it wasn't so easy to spend them it wouldn't have happened.

It is a difficult call and has happened to me twice.
I cannot see the CPS Prosecuting someone for a transgression such as this because it is a very grey area.
It is obtaining by deception via a pecuniary advantage one would agree.
I am rather heart warmed to hear of someone who would hand in monies that is found.
If I am honest I would struggle with that one depending on the amount!
In the 80's a friend of mine found thousands of pounds in an attaché case behind the Post Box outside John Gellers butchers.
He got a thank you letter from the owner and that was it.
Knowing the life he had and the struggle he has been through in 30 odd years, I would have said in hindsight he was better off taking the case and the money and trying to change his life for the better.
The value of that cash in today's money is somewhat akin to a large lottery
win.
Points on a loyalty card is an annoyance however it hardly warranted a photo in the paper with on mass local publicity.
For the record Sainsbury's no longer have control of NECTAR. It is not within their jurisdiction.
AVPG

Utter garbage!

Funny how someone like you with all of your alleged insider knowledge of monies being stolen from the police station is now declaring should a sum of money that wasnt yours come into your posession it would be the sum involved and not your moral compass that dictates whether or not you returned it.

You really are a grade A crackpot arent you 'Jack'?

[quote][p][bold]A Very Private Gentleman[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]Sambo86[/bold] wrote:
why do so many people have this 'finders keepers' attitude? I always hand in anything I find and think people need to remember that when they find money it could be all a struggling family has for shopping etc, I save all my nectar and club card points up to help pay for xmas and it means my boys can get a bit more then with just the money I have I'd be gutted if this was me. I hope Sainsburys do the right thing and offer to put them back on as a gesture of good will, I know its not their responsibility but if it wasn't so easy to spend them it wouldn't have happened.[/p][/quote]It is a difficult call and has happened to me twice.
I cannot see the CPS Prosecuting someone for a transgression such as this because it is a very grey area.
It is obtaining by deception via a pecuniary advantage one would agree.
I am rather heart warmed to hear of someone who would hand in monies that is found.
If I am honest I would struggle with that one depending on the amount!
In the 80's a friend of mine found thousands of pounds in an attaché case behind the Post Box outside John Gellers butchers.
He got a thank you letter from the owner and that was it.
Knowing the life he had and the struggle he has been through in 30 odd years, I would have said in hindsight he was better off taking the case and the money and trying to change his life for the better.
The value of that cash in today's money is somewhat akin to a large lottery
win.
Points on a loyalty card is an annoyance however it hardly warranted a photo in the paper with on mass local publicity.
For the record Sainsbury's no longer have control of NECTAR. It is not within their jurisdiction.
AVPG[/p][/quote]Utter garbage!
Funny how someone like you with all of your alleged insider knowledge of monies being stolen from the police station is now declaring should a sum of money that wasnt yours come into your posession it would be the sum involved and not your moral compass that dictates whether or not you returned it.
You really are a grade A crackpot arent you 'Jack'?A Very Primate Gentleman